Two sample MR report


family.Actinomycetaceae.id.421 against BK polyomavirus seropositivity

Date: 22 January, 2026


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 5 1.0541366 1.0413745 0.3859658
Weighted median 5 0.7600715 0.5182108 0.1424515
Inverse variance weighted 5 0.9369660 0.4010035 0.0194624
Simple mode 5 0.7965516 0.7093744 0.3243224
Weighted mode 5 0.7583802 0.6411056 0.3023445

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 1.969276 3 0.5788081
Inverse variance weighted 1.984139 4 0.7386763

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0129144 0.1059281 0.9106731

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
3.81e-05 3e-07 TRUE 0.729127

Note - R^2 values are approximate


Forest plot of single SNP MR

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Comparison of results using different MR methods

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Funnel plot

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Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis

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